An exhibition at the National Gallery in Athens surveys the history of modern democracy and offers insight into the present political moment.

July 8, 2024 • While Democracy Works is on summer break, we bring you an episode from our friends at Making Peace Visible, a podcast that ignites powerful conversations all over the world about ...

But I also dressed the part. I wore my tricorne hat (my kids wouldn’t walk within 50 feet of me). Every day, I put on my buckled shoes and my 18th century-style wool stockings. "Noticing the ...

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This measure would undermine a vital foundation of constitutional democracy — the separation of powers. Article XXX of the Massachusetts Constitution establishes a clear division of powers among ...

Inspired by the presidential election, there are exhibitions, forums and voter registrations. By John Hanc Reporting from Boston This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on ...

And here in Canada? Each week, it seems, some new scheme to undermine our democracy is brought to light: from Russia’s program of covertly funding online “influencers” willing to spread its ...

The United States’ reputation as an exemplar of democracy appears to be eroding. In a poll taken earlier this year, almost three-quarters of U.S. respondents agreed that the country’s ...

Yale history professor Timothy Snyder has described bothsideism as “suicide for democracy”. If journalists just say “there are two sides to everything and I am going to find my way into the ...

Brazil’s top court expanded its power to protect democracy. But some are wondering whether the court now represents the threat. Brazil’s top court expanded its power to protect democracy.

This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting.